GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |